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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2023 Jul 27;340:25–32. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.106

Table 3.

Factors associated with age of onset and duration of prodrome.

 
Age of onset
Duration of initial prodrome
Characteristics of the population N HR LCI UCI p-value N HR LCI UCI p-value
Diagnosis of BD vs SZ 205 0.89 0.66 1.19 0.44 143 1.08 0.76 1.54 0.65
Male 205 0.98 0.71 1.34 0.90 143 0.90 0.62 1.29 0.56
White race vs non-white 205 0.61 0.44 0.86 < 0.005 143 1.03 1.01 1.06 0.01
Hispanic ethnicity 205 1.60 0.89 2.87 0.11 143 0.64 0.42 0.95 0.03
Foreign born 205 1.29 0.83 2.01 0.25 143 0.88 0.41 1.91 0.75
Initial presentation for a neurodevelopmental problem 158 1.06 0.75 1.50 0.73 143 0.38 0.26 0.57 < 0.001
Diagnoses before first episode
ADHD 205 1.04 0.75 1.45 0.80 143 0.43 0.29 0.63 < 0.001
Intellectual disability 205 1.11 0.60 2.08 0.74 143 0.52 0.27 0.98 0.04
Autism spectrum disorder 205 3.80 1.75 8.24 < 0.001 143 1.04 0.45 2.40 0.92
Other neurodevelopmental disorder 205 1.05 0.75 1.48 0.76 143 0.40 0.27 0.59 < 0.001
Conduct disorder 205 1.48 0.94 2.34 0.090 143 0.66 0.41 1.07 0.09
Oppositional-defiant disorder 205 1.48 0.90 2.41 0.12 143 0.61 0.36 1.03 0.07
Depressive disorders 205 0.65 0.48 0.88 < 0.005 143 0.98 0.67 1.46 0.94
Anxiety disorder 205 0.73 0.54 1.00 0.05 143 0.98 0.68 1.41 0.91
Adjustment disorders 205 1.10 0.79 1.54 0.57 143 1.08 0.76 1.54 0.66
Medications
Any psychotropic before first episode 205 0.82 0.60 1.12 0.21 143 0.77 0.50 1.20 0.25
Antidepressant 205 0.74 0.54 1.00 0.05 143 0.96 0.67 1.39 0.84
Mood Stabilizer 205 0.69 0.41 1.17 0.17 143 0.66 0.40 1.09 0.10
Antipsychotic 205 0.81 0.54 1.21 0.30 143 0.94 0.62 1.42 0.77
ADHD medication (stimulant) 205 1.00 0.71 1.40 0.99 143 0.40 0.27 0.60 < 0.001
Substance use
Any substance use 205 0.69 0.50 0.95 0.02 143 1.23 0.83 1.81 0.30
Alcohol 205 0.76 0.57 1.01 0.06 143 1.01 0.72 1.43 0.93
Stimulants 205 0.71 0.49 1.04 0.08 143 0.83 0.55 1.26 0.39
Cannabis 205 0.78 0.58 1.05 0.10 143 1.07 0.75 1.53 0.70

BD = bipolar disorder, SZ = Schizophrenia, ADHD = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, LCI = lower confidence interval, UCI = upper confidence interval, HR = Hazard Ratio, USA = United States of America.

Other neurodevelopmental disorder include tics, learning, reading, speech, and other DSM-5 neurodevelopmental spectrum disorder.